BBC spewing propaganda as always..
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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Social media was a mistake. The "creator economy" was a mistake. Everything was a mistake. We really fucked up.
If everything was a mistake then so is this statement, checkmate
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Terfing ideas with fabricated disinformation. What worries me is I know it works on the media illiterate.
There's is currently an attempt to destabilize the EU to segregate and popularize hate and allow fascist talking points "for your safety"
Protect your neighbors.
Edit: disinformation vs misinformation.
This would be disinformation.
Is there an intuitive way to tell the difference?
I tried to think of other places where dis- vs mis- is used, but we only ever seem to use one:
- miscommunicate vs ~~discommunicate~~
- ~~misinterested~~ vs disinterested
- misunderstood vs ~~disunderstood~~
Like Venator said, misinformation is where someone spreads false information that they incorrectly believed was true. Disinformation is when someone spreads false information that they know is false with the intent to deceive.
Misunderstood ia when you thought you understood something but accidentally did not. Disunderstood is when you understood something but pretend that you didn't.
Missinformation is when someone publishes information that is incorrect due to a mistake, such as believing outdated or retracted research, disinformation is when you publish information that you know is false with the intention of deceit.
In both cases the information is false, the only difference would be the intention of the publisher.
Midterm elections coming up in 9 months, that's why. Gotta scare the feeble-minded geriatrics and low-information mouthbreathers.
Of course they have. Pearl clutching Americans believe them because they have no frame of reference. The believe everywhere is as bad as the shithole they live in.
I agree, but to be fair, this is not a new problem, nor is it one limited to the US.
I'm from Austria, and during the London riots (IIRC, that was in 2010 or 2011) I lived in the UK.
My parents frequently sent me news articles and snippets from TV news about things happening in the UK, and it was constant horror stories, almost apocalyptic. They claimed that all of UK was in riot and specifically also mentioned the area where I lived in.
In fact, all that I noticed of the riots was one peaceful demonstration on one afternoon and that was it.
Article about the UK, comments immediately start talking about the United States.
Stop it.